Comments on: Open Thread: Do You Want to Stay Small or Grow Big?

By: opirestictera

opirestictera — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:51:39 +0000

Nothing seems to be easier than seeing someone whom you can help but not helping.
I suggest we start giving it a try. Give love to the ones that need it.
God will appreciate it.

By: John Galt

John Galt — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:42:10 +0000

Only as big as we can (handle). We dont want to have the sometimes complicated bureaucracy of big design agencies. We want to keep it simple, direct. Our freelance business (i and my friends) have always maintained a compact form and our clients like it that way.

Keep on. :)

By: Cindy G.

Cindy G. — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:01:34 +0000

I grew up in a big city (pop. 150,000) and moved to a small town (pop. 1000) in my mid- teens. Wow! What a change… In the beginning I hated small town life… but through my adult years I have come to realize that no matter where you live, it doesn’t have to limit your desires and dreams or the kind of person you want to be. I’ve always had a passion for creativness– drawing, designing, writing…. and a desire to own my own business. I want to keep my business small so I can enjoy the bigger things in life!

By: Laura Spencer

Laura Spencer — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:01:42 +0000

I’ve been meaning to join this thread. (It’s a great discussion!)

I think the answer to this question can be determined by what primarily drives you. I was driven to freelancing because of a need for balance in my life. Having my own business gives me the freedom to find that balance in a way that working for others never did. This doesn’t necessarily mean that I can’t grow large. It does mean that I will need to find a way to maintain that balance if I am to grow larger.

Other people may be driven primarily by a need for power or money. Their answer would probably be different from mine.

By: Dainis Graveris

Dainis Graveris — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:54:23 +0000

@ Mason – I`m not sure, maybe it is so – but I just know that if I see any new option, that will open up to me – I’ll just use it. But there surely is no limits for me – everybody just needs to think about expanding – or else why live the same life again and again?

By: frank

frank — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:15:44 +0000

I agree with Jacob Cass. What is big and what is small?

By: Joshua Clanton

Joshua Clanton — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:29:28 +0000

I want to be well-known (big) for delivering great websites for small businesses and individuals (small), with corresponding (big) pay. :-)

By: Sal

Sal — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:05:22 +0000

I think I would like to stay small for now. Who knows, in the future I may wish to get bigger, but I am not sure that I want to deal with all of the extra stress. Besides, I like doing first then teaching. If I can be successful on my own then I know others can be successful with me.

Is small the new big?

By: Maneesh Madambath

Maneesh Madambath — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:31:02 +0000

@mason agreed.. freelancers do create some mighty value add with what they do.. I guess I need to shrug of my investor mentality and not look through the glasses of scalability and ROI and stuff haha… :)

By: Nicole LaMarco

Nicole LaMarco — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:59:30 +0000

Mason,

That helps to be reminded it is not black and white. I tend to see things that way far too much! I will certainly be giving this question some thought!